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Dogs are much more loved by society than cats

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Avocad1sh · 24/11/2025 14:21

I was just watching For Dogs Sake with Pete Wicks and Dogs Trust and realised there isn’t anything like this for cats. This is the second season and there’s also been For the Love of Dogs, plus that channel 4 programme The Doghouse and probably loads more that I haven’t seen.

I never see anything like this for cats… I think Jo Brand did one years ago but other than that, where are all of the heartwarming shows about cats needing homes?

I also notice that when I tell people I have 2 cats, a lot of them say “ugh I hate cats” yet when I say I have a dog no one ever tells me they hate dogs. I feel like there’s this almost over the top love of dogs sometimes where people treat them like babies, whereas cats seem to be hated on a lot or seen as the inferior pet. (In general of course! I know there’s many many cat lovers out there)

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WallaceinAnderland · 24/11/2025 17:31

A dog on the beach ran over and pissed on my friends bag 😮

I was out with another friend and her dog when a male dog ran over and started humping her dog. She screeched, stop raping my dog!

Honestly, dogs can be nasty little shits.

fishtank12345 · 24/11/2025 17:29

Also saw a dog recently pissing against the picnic table right at the kids play park. Disgusting. People sit there !

fishtank12345 · 24/11/2025 17:28

ProudHedgehog · 24/11/2025 17:08

I currently have neighbor cats occasionally shitting in my backyard and it is indeed annoying but NOTHING like the rage I feel (at the owners) when dogs are howling and barking all day and night.

This and dog shit everywhere.

HeadyLamarr · 24/11/2025 17:20

Also, cats are not bred to be ferocious and kill several children a year like those XL bully things.

BettysRoasties · 24/11/2025 17:19

HeadyLamarr · 24/11/2025 17:17

Dogs are like having a perpetual toddler - loves you, needy, can't be left alone for extended periods.

I liked dogs a lot more before I had children. Now the idea of chaining myself to a canine toddler who will remain like hat for 10-14 years seems an act of self-harm.

Cats will bugger off if a better offer comes along. I respect an animal who has standards.

Toddler haha made me remember an old school friends dog. Used to get soooo excited to see you it would pee.

I do love puppies and fussing them but like babies. I don’t want one too much hard work been there done that. Enjoy the easier going preteen and teens and cats.

fishtank12345 · 24/11/2025 17:17

EverardDeTroyes · 24/11/2025 14:24

As a cat lover I say, it's their loss. When you think about it, cats are quite aloof and less needy than dogs. They live life far more on their terms than most dogs do. I think the same can often be said about cat lovers. Maybe that influences things?

This and they dont shit all over the park and street and have their irresponsible owners just leave it and dont bark loudly and be a nuisance. Much rather empty a litter tray than dog crap from the ground.

HeadyLamarr · 24/11/2025 17:17

Dogs are like having a perpetual toddler - loves you, needy, can't be left alone for extended periods.

I liked dogs a lot more before I had children. Now the idea of chaining myself to a canine toddler who will remain like hat for 10-14 years seems an act of self-harm.

Cats will bugger off if a better offer comes along. I respect an animal who has standards.

Avocad1sh · 24/11/2025 17:17

JohnTheRevelator · 24/11/2025 17:15

What about the Jackson Galaxy programmes? Can't remember what it was called,but I know it was all about cats!

You mean “my cat from hell”?

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JohnTheRevelator · 24/11/2025 17:15

What about the Jackson Galaxy programmes? Can't remember what it was called,but I know it was all about cats!

HRTQueen · 24/11/2025 17:11

I don't think many cats would lower themselves to perform for the cameras even my dopey cat who is far more dog like with needing attention, trying to please than any other cat I have known

People are wary of cats intelligence and upset by their arrogant superior attitude and they do not like that cats feel superior to humans or they I love it and are in some form of unhealthy relationship with their cat/s

mumofoneAloneandwell · 24/11/2025 17:09

EverardDeTroyes · 24/11/2025 14:24

As a cat lover I say, it's their loss. When you think about it, cats are quite aloof and less needy than dogs. They live life far more on their terms than most dogs do. I think the same can often be said about cat lovers. Maybe that influences things?

First comment 100% nails it

Signed - a woman who walks her cat 😭😭

ProudHedgehog · 24/11/2025 17:08

I currently have neighbor cats occasionally shitting in my backyard and it is indeed annoying but NOTHING like the rage I feel (at the owners) when dogs are howling and barking all day and night.

tinyspiny · 24/11/2025 17:08

People dislike cats because most cat owners allow their pets to roam and mess in other people’s gardens and to kill wildlife , if everyone kept their cats on their own property then they would be more popular in general .

K0OLA1D · 24/11/2025 17:02

People I know that 'hate cats' no longer do after spending time with cats. People just haven't met the right cat

Scottishlass10 · 24/11/2025 17:00

Marylou2 · 24/11/2025 16:53

Cat people don't need TV or celebrity validation. Both we and our feline friends are above such nonsense.

Exactly

Scottishlass10 · 24/11/2025 16:58

BettysRoasties · 24/11/2025 16:46

Would be chaos. I had my cat in a carrier in the front garden. The Rotty that always walks by started going nuts pulling its owner down the street.

Imagine that in a packed restaurant with hot food. Though I have gone around a market with a man with a bearded dragon on his shoulder.

Ha I was coming home and my cat was at at the end of my path. A man walked past with his tiny dog on a lead. My cat was just staring at the dog albeit growing. The dog literally froze to the spot. The guy asked me to lift my cat so he could get by. Not a chance I was going to handle an angry cat! He ended up picking his dog up.

Justlostmybagel · 24/11/2025 16:54

I dislike cats...and I have one lol.

Marylou2 · 24/11/2025 16:53

Cat people don't need TV or celebrity validation. Both we and our feline friends are above such nonsense.

Purplebunnie · 24/11/2025 16:51

WallaceinAnderland · 24/11/2025 16:48

If dogs are allowed in restaurants people should be able to take their other pets too. It's only fair. Some rabbits, snakes and spiders would definitely liven things up.

I've mentioned this on here before but I knew someone with a pet fox, they used to take it down the pub.

Horses also get taken to the pub but are rarely allowed inside 😂

WallaceinAnderland · 24/11/2025 16:50

@Purplebunnie my friend walked into my house with her new dog off the lead and it promptly ran into the dining room and chewed one of the table legs. She just laughed and said sorry. Didn't offer to pay for the damage.

WallaceinAnderland · 24/11/2025 16:48

If dogs are allowed in restaurants people should be able to take their other pets too. It's only fair. Some rabbits, snakes and spiders would definitely liven things up.

Purplebunnie · 24/11/2025 16:47

FlashyAndShiny · 24/11/2025 15:56

And there is plenty of reason for it to be the case, OP. Dogs not wander into neighbours’ gardens or even slip into open doors, exploring spaces that aren’t theirs.
So yeah... OP, there is no smoke without fire.

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No people just turn up without asking and checking beforehand and bring their snarly snappy growly dogs into your house (Jack Russell). It was even snapping at their own child.

My cats were able to go off and hide but we had to put up with the nasty creature. They did this to us twice.

I've seen the dog since and old age has made it a lot more biddable, still not going to fuss it

So like cats not being controlled by their owners the same can happen with dogs

BettysRoasties · 24/11/2025 16:46

Scottishlass10 · 24/11/2025 16:42

Whilst I don’t dislike dogs I’m very much a cat lover. Cats do form bonds with you but it’s very much on their terms. If a cat doesn’t want to do it, it won’t which is probably why there has been very little tv programmes about them.
I love my cat to bits and it’s true dogs have owners cats have staff. I sometimes wonder what would happen if someone took their cat on a lead into a restaurant where there was a dog. Could liven things up a bit 😂

Would be chaos. I had my cat in a carrier in the front garden. The Rotty that always walks by started going nuts pulling its owner down the street.

Imagine that in a packed restaurant with hot food. Though I have gone around a market with a man with a bearded dragon on his shoulder.

Scottishlass10 · 24/11/2025 16:42

Whilst I don’t dislike dogs I’m very much a cat lover. Cats do form bonds with you but it’s very much on their terms. If a cat doesn’t want to do it, it won’t which is probably why there has been very little tv programmes about them.
I love my cat to bits and it’s true dogs have owners cats have staff. I sometimes wonder what would happen if someone took their cat on a lead into a restaurant where there was a dog. Could liven things up a bit 😂

ForHazelTiger · 24/11/2025 16:39

Dogs need people and cats don't, really. Dogs are also more complex. Cats just do their own thing and don't really give a fuck 😅I love my cats but I do think people are bizarrely sentimental about them - if I disappeared they would find another food source asap and another human to manipulate and be absolutely fine, if a bit flea ridden! I try not to take it personally...